U1 Chapter 1 - Sociology Test Review

Sociology is one of the oldest sciences, having been around about 400 years.

• True

• False

Most groups encourage their members to conform to the group's way of thinking and behaving.

• True

• False

Several members of a little league team begin wearing baseball caps backwards. This is an example of?

• Social Darwinism

• Social Structure

• Group Imagination

• Group Conformity

The distribution of power is most important in which of the following theoretical perspectives?

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Positivism

Using email has decreased the number of handwritten letters. This is a ____ function of email.

• Static

• Dynamic

• Manifest

• Latent

When a baby waves "bye bye," he/she is using a?

• Rationalization

• Symbol

• Function

• Verstehen

In ___ _____ _______, the people with the most power are seen as the most valuable to society.

• positivism

• functionalism

• A symbolic interactionism

• the conflict perspective

The following state is an example of what? There is no requirement concerning attire for the school tennis team, however all members wear white.

• Perspectives

• Conformity

• Statics

• Positivism

Who is the founder of Positivism?

• Auguste Comte

• Jane Addams

• Karl Marx

• WEB DuBois

Who is behind the idea of Symbolic Interactionism?

• Herbert Blumer

• WEB DuBois

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte